From the original Jewish wedding practices, we can see him as a groom from ancient times; Jesus came to the house of His bride, which is the Earth, for an engagement. He made a covenant with His bride, sealed the covenant with a cup of wine, paid the bride price with His life, and gave His bride the gifts of the Holy Spirit. We, the betrothed church, currently await the return of our Bridegroom to take us into the bridal chamber at the Rapture; where we will spend seven years with Him, while the Great Tribulation is occurring on Earth. Remember, I told you that years, weeks, and days are used interchangeably in the Bible with the number 7. God likes the number 7! I need you to hold that thought. The ancient Jewish honeymoon period wasThe agreement usually took place at the request of the groom's father. However, there are several passages in the Bible that tell us that the marriage could also have been arranged by a mother (Genesis 21:21), or by a representative at the request of a father (Genesis 24:4). In the Old Testament, God is seen as the Bridegroom of Israel, and Jesus is seen as the Bridegroom of the church in the New Testament. We see that Israel is called a wife in Isaiah 54:5-6 NIV, “For your Creator is your husband, the Lord Almighty is his name, the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer; He is called the God of all Earth, the Lord will call you back as if you were a wife abandoned and distressed in spirit, a wife married young, only to be rejected, says your God." In Mark 2:19-20 NASB, Jesus reveals His position as the Bridegroom to the church: "While the bridegroom is with them, the servants of the bride do not fast, do they? As long as they have the bridegroom with them, they will not be able to fast. The days will come when whose husband shall be taken away from them; in that day they shall fast." In Ephesians 5:23 KJV, we see Jesus represented again as a Bridegroom, "for the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church. , being Himself the Savior of the Church. The ancient Hebrew word for marriage" The contract is ketubah. The ketubah was a legally binding document, which would be presented to a young woman and her father in their home. The contract would indicate a young man's willingness to provide for a young woman, and thus he would describe the terms of how he would take care of her and what her rights would be. The most important part of the contract would be the bride price, that is, the price the young man was willing to pay to marry the young woman. Payment would be made to the young woman's father in exchange for her. The price of an ancient Jewish bride was usually very high. She would bring her worth to the table sale, would also have reiterated all the fundamental conditions of the Torah that were imposed on the groom for the care of his bride Gloria a